Debunk Gujarat development model, adopt Rajasthan’s: Gehlot

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said the Gujarat model of development should be debunked and that of Rajasthan’s should be adopted nationwide.The Congress leader also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to study various social security and welfare schemes of the Rajasthan government and implement them nationally.He was speaking to media persons in a circuit house in Baran.He named Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme, Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and Anuprati Scheme for nationwide implementation. ”The state government has taken historical decisions on social security and welfare schemes for people. We have implemented OPS while it has not been implemented in any of the BJP-ruled states yet,” the chief minister said.The BJP has only announced the pension scheme but has not implemented it, whereas the people in Rajasthan have started reaping benefits of the same, he said. Under the Anuprati scheme, 200 students are set to be sent abroad for higher studies by the state government, reflecting a humanitarian attitude. The central government should encourage the Rajasthan government, Gehlot said.